© 2020 Al-Monitor, LLC. Al-Monitor Staff | Iran Deal | Aug 18, 2020, Al-Monitor Staff | Human rights | Aug 5, 2020, Danny Zaken | Courts and the law | Jul 29, 2020, Al-Monitor Staff | Terrorism | Sep 29, 2020, Al-Monitor Staff | Coronavirus | Sep 28, 2020, Al-Monitor Staff | Iran-US tensions | Sep 24, 2020. Her conservative father had hated it. Other senior ministers, including Erdoğan, regularly make public statements that are degrading to women. Here, too, much of the activism has taken place on social media, reflecting what the New York Times described as a #MeToo moment of women "pouring out their own stories of abuse at the hands of male relatives in hopes of shedding light on a problem that is usually kept quiet." It remains unclear exactly how the two sisters overrode this. Film composer Ghiya Rushidat, for instance, posted to Twitter, "I will choose to tweet in English because apparently when this becomes international news, the Jordanian officials and government start paying attention and fear for their reputations and how to salvage that... Women who've had their eyes taken out of their face, women who've been hit on the head by bricks, all sorts of unimaginable cruel murder. “Turkey and Saudi Arabia are not friends,” says Suad, “because of Jamal’s case. ", Or as Fatin Otoom, the founder of a Jordanian feminist group recently renamed "Ahlam's Screams," put it, "We can't just stand and watch girls get killed. If Iran wants to address this crime, it needs a broader approach. “This accusation is an attempt to damage our future and end our lives. “From my experience,” says the organisation’s MENA consultant Suad Abu-Dayyeh, “if these girls go back to Saudi Arabia they would definitely be killed or locked inside the house and no one will know what is happening to them, because they challenged the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia and it is not acceptable, in inverted commas, for girls and women to do this, not just in Saudi Arabia, but in our region.”. Posted with permission from The Investigative Project on Terrorism. Since then, however, even basic rights and protections won by Turkish women have come under threat as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s conservative Justice and Development party (AKP) has tried to roll back legislation politicians say threaten traditional family values. That night they left behind their family home and at the same time overrode the kingdom’s notorious male guardianship system, which at that time required a woman to have permission from a male relative to travel, in a highly dangerous move that could easily have cost them their lives. Adult women had to get permission to marry, access healthcare or travel abroad. On July 16 – the day before Ahlam's gruesome murder – Pinar's ex-boyfriend, furious at her for rebuffing his efforts to rekindle their relationship, beat and strangled her to death. The link to reset the password will be sent to your email address. Such murders are products of a “patriarchal society characterized by an unequal and unjust treatment of women,” wrote Elaheh Mohammadi, a Tehran-based women’s affairs expert. While my studies have shown that honor killings are not the same as western domestic violence, controversy remains as to whether this crime is caused or allowed by Islamic Sharia law or is a pre-Islamic tribal custom. The campaign, begun in late July, took fire, expanding internationally to include support for women facing misogyny in all its forms, with Khloe Kardashian, Eva Longoria, and Paris Hilton, among others, joining the cause. Zulfi Livanelli was a member of Turkish National Assembly. The sociologists say these issues can be tackled only through yearslong campaigns dedicated to raising public awareness. The state should adopt appropriate legislative, legal and financial measures in order to prevent and punish honor killings and to assist the victims. An undated image of Reyhaneh Ameri. Romina’s death occurred after she eloped with a man 17 years older than she was. High femicide rate and efforts to roll back legislation designed to protect women are under spotlight, Last modified on Thu 23 Jul 2020 05.02 BST. Suicides should also be considered within the framework of honor killings. The fact that the status of Muslim women, especially in an increasingly Islamist and jihadic era remains subordinate, often sub-human, does not help matters either.". A radical shift in approach at all levels needs to signal the fact that conditions for violence, domestic or otherwise will no longer be tolerated or even condoned.

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